John 19:12 (WEB)
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
Catechism · 1
“The chief priests also threatened Pilate politically so that he would condemn Jesus to death.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 19:12, 15, 21.
Fathers and councils · 25
Tertullian
“Accordingly, all the synagogue of Israel did slay Him, saying to Pilate, when he was desirous to dismiss Him, “His blood be upon us, and upon our children;” and, “If thou dismiss him, thou art not a friend of Cæsar;” in order that all things might be fulfilled which had been written of Him.” — editor's note: See Matt. xxvii. 24, 25, with John xix. 12 and Acts iii. 13.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This may very well agree with what Luke records in connection with the said accusation brought by the Jews.” — editor's note: John xix. 8–12.
Read the whole comment“From thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him.”” — editor's note: John xix. 6–12.
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John Chrysostom
“Then they being in every way silenced, make their cry issue in a political charge, saying, “He that maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cæsar.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Pilate, agitated with fear, begins again examining Him: And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art Thou? He no longer asks, What hast Thou done? But Jesus gave him no answer. For he who…
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In comparing the accounts of the different Evangelists together, we find that this silence was maintained more than once; viz. before the High Priest, before, Herod, and before Pilate. So that the prophecy of Him, As…
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He remaining thus silent, Then saith Pilate unto Him, Speakest Thou not unto me? knowest Thou not that I have power to crucify Thee, and have power to release Thee? See how he condemns himself. If all depends upon…
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So He answers. When He was silent, He was silent not as guilty or crafty, but as a sheep: when He answered, He taught as a shepherd. Let us hear what He saith; which is that, as He teacheth by His Apostle, There is…
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He that delivered Me unto thee, i. e. Judas, or the multitude. When Jesus had boldly replied, that unless He gave Himself up, and the Father consented, Pilate could have had no power over Him, Pilate was the more…
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Pilate had sought from the first to release: so we must understand, from thence, to mean from this cause, i. e. lest he should incur guilt by putting to death an innocent person.
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The Jews thought they could alarm Pilate more by the mention of Cæsar, than by telling him of their law, as they had done above; We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.…
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But how can ye prove this? By His purple, His diadem, His chariot, His guards? Did He not walk about with His twelve disciples only, and every thing mean about Him, food, dress, and habitation?
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Pilate was before afraid not of violating their law by sparing Him, but of killing the Son of God, in killing Him. But he could not treat his master Cæsar with the same contempt with which he treated the law of a…
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He went out to examine into the matter: his sitting down on the judgment seat shews this.
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The tribunal is the seat of the judge, as the throne is the seat of the king, and the chair the seat of the doctor.
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Lithostraton, i. e. laid with stone; the word signifies pavement. It was an elevated place. And it was the preparation of the Passover.
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Parasceve, i. e. preparation. This was a name for the sixth day, the day before the Sabbath, on which they prepared what was necessary for the Sabbath; as we read, On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread.…
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Why then doth Mark say, And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him? (Mark 15:25) Because on the third hour our Lord was crucified by the tongues of the Jews, on the sixth by the hands of the soldiers. So that…
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Some suppose it to be a fault of the transcriber, who for the letter y, three, puts, six.
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Pilate, despairing of moving them, did not examine Him, as he intended, but delivered Him up. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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As if to say, See the kind of Man whom ye suspect of aspiring to the throne, a humble person, who cannot have any such design.
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A speech that should have softened their rage; but they were afraid of letting Him go, lest He might draw away the multitude again. For the love of rule is a heavy crime, and sufficient to condemn a man. They cried…
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Pilate still tries to overcome their apprehensions on Cæsar’s account; Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? He tries to shame them into doing what he had not been able to soften them into by putting…
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They voluntarily brought themselves under punishment, and God gave them up to it. With one accord they denied the kingdom of God, and God suffered them to fall into their own condemnation; for they rejected the…
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But Pilate is at last overcome by fear: Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified. For it would be taking part openly against Cæsar, if when the Jews declared that they had no king but Cæsar, he…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 19:12–16 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:12–16 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.
Cited together in Catechism §596.